Marcy Oster
By Marcy Oster
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Fast Forward Jewish Artifacts Unearthed in Poland Glass Decanter
WARSAW, Poland – A backhoe operator working on a construction site in Poland dug up a glass decanter filled with valuables, including Jewish artifacts. Among the objects discovered inside the decanter found June 15 in Minsk Mazowiecki were kiddush cups, silver cutlery, a gold pocket watch and gold coins. The owner of the objects, whose…
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Fast Forward Slain Palestinian Teen’s Family Wants Jewish Killers’ Homes Demolished
JERUSALEM — The family of a Palestinian teen from eastern Jerusalem killed in a revenge attack by three Jewish extremists has asked Israel’s Supreme Court to order the demolition of the murderers’ homes. Muhammad Abu Khdeir was kidnapped and killed on July 1, hours after the bodies of three kidnapped Jewish teens were discovered near…
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Fast Forward 200 Protest Rejection of Conversion by Rabbi Haskel Lookstein
JERUSALEM — About 200 demonstrators protested next to the offices of the Israeli Chief Rabbinate as a hearing took place about the legitimacy of a conversion conducted by the prominent American Orthodox Rabbi Haskel Lookstein. On Wednesday, the Supreme Rabbinical Court heard the appeal of a case in which a rabbinical court in Petach Tikvah…
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Fast Forward In Rwanda, Benjamin Netanyahu Visits Genocide Memorial — Vows ‘Never Again’
— Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited a memorial for victims of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda upon his arrival in the African nation. “We are deeply moved by this memorial to the victims of one of history’s greatest crimes and reminded of the haunting similarities to the genocide of our own people. Never Again,”…
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Fast Forward Greek Anarchists Protest El Al at Athens Airport
ATHENS, Greece — Greek police arrested at least 10 members of an anarchist group who were protesting at the check-in desk of El Al airlines at Athens airport. The protesters chanted “No to the agents of the Mossad,” at passengers waiting to check in on Wednesday, the Kathimerini news website reported. The anarchist group, known…
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Fast Forward 5 Jews Win Seats in Australian Parliament
SYDNEY — As Australia waits for the final results of a tightly-contested general election, five Jewish members have been assured a seat in the next parliament. Incumbent Jewish members Michael Danby and Mark Dreyfus appear to have held their Victorian seats for the Labor Party. Liberal member for the blue riband seat of Kooyong in Melbourne, Josh…
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Fast Forward Chief Rabbi Recognizes Conversions by Haskel Lookstein, Ivanka Trump’s Rabbi
JERUSALEM — Israeli Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau said he recognizes conversions performed by the prominent American Orthodox Rabbi Haskel Lookstein. A rabbinical court in the central Israel city of Petach Tikvah in April rejected the conversion of a woman converted by Lookstein when she applied for marriage registration with her Israeli fiancé. Lookstein is…
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Fast Forward Jeremy Corbyn says He Regrets Supporting Hamas and Hezbollah
— Britain opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn said he regrets supporting Hamas and Hezbollah, and that comments by former London Mayor Ken Livingstone asserting that Hitler supported Zionism were “wrong.” Corbyn testified on Monday before the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee hearing on rising anti-Semitism. Corbyn, a harsh critic of Israel who in 2009 called…
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